3 ms·

A newspaper for kids - printed and delivered monthly. Full of puzzles, math, nature facts, science experiments, card games, outdoor scavenger hunts, etc... I w

A newspaper for kids - printed and delivered monthly. Full of puzzles, math, nature facts, science experiments, card games, outdoor scavenger hunts, etc... I wanted something for my kids to do for hours every month that is fun, education, and most importantly, screen free. I built a custom newspaper builder along with it to help me design it. I'm not a designer so tools like phoshop don't ocme easy. This allows me to have different layouts for pages and create different re-usable elements.

tehlike 3mo ago
Do you have a link?
- wwalker2112 3mo ago
  https://thecuriositytimes.com/ https://thecuriositytimes.com/
  - Tadace 3mo ago
    I really really like the name
dominotw 3mo ago
love this. will pay for it if you have a link.
- wwalker2112 3mo ago
  https://thecuriositytimes.com/ https://thecuriositytimes.com/ I don't have payment setup yet. Just a waitlist :)
wonger_ 3mo ago
Neat, I'm also planning a lil newspaper hobby project. I'm curious: - what paper size are you going to use? Like full broadsheet size or zine size? - and how many pages of content do you think you'll have, given that size? - black and white, or color? - where will you get all your content? Designing puzzles, experiments etc seems like it would take a long time - do you recommend any printeries? - anywhere we can follow your progress? I'd be super excited to see a first mockup FWIW, as a web guy, I'm leaning towards designing my content in HTML + CSS and exporting to PDF at a certain page size, probably using playwright.
- wwalker2112 3mo ago
  I'm in the process of figuring out fulfillment and shipping right now. I just got some samples from https://www.newspaperclub.com/ https://www.newspaperclub.com/ and they were pretty impressive. My other option is a local printing shop in my town. I'm visiting them later this week so we will see. It will be in color. Broadsheet (350mmx500mm). 12 pages. Color. I've been designing puzzles, etc.. myself. Using claude and chatgpt to brainstorm fun games/expirements/etc... I don't have the site up yet. Waiting to get the first batch so I have some IRL images to add to the site.
bobnudd9 3mo ago
A great idea!
jt2190 3mo ago
These don’t already exist? https://cricketmedia.com/childrens-magazines https://cricketmedia.com/childrens-magazines https://rangerrick.org/ https://rangerrick.org/
- moralestapia 3mo ago
  Leave the guy alone. I wish there were 1,000s more of those!
- Loughla 3mo ago
  I wish ranger Rick existed for teens though. My kids loved that when they were smaller, but now we have to spend a shit ton of effort to find teen appropriate content of a similar nature (hah!).
- wwalker2112 3mo ago
  I was looking for a old school newspaper style that is focused on games, puzzles, math, and outdoor activities. At least that is what I'm going for.
- renyicircle 3mo ago
  Compared to the usual tools for the tools for the tools to help you program programming tools, this is a pretty good thing to have more of
ryanisnan 3mo ago
Amazing, do you have some example images of what the product looks like?

tehlike 3mo ago

Do you have a link?

wwalker2112 3mo ago
https://thecuriositytimes.com/ https://thecuriositytimes.com/
- Tadace 3mo ago
  I really really like the name

dominotw 3mo ago

love this. will pay for it if you have a link.

wwalker2112 3mo ago
https://thecuriositytimes.com/ https://thecuriositytimes.com/ I don't have payment setup yet. Just a waitlist :)

wonger_ 3mo ago

Neat, I'm also planning a lil newspaper hobby project. I'm curious: - what paper size are you going to use? Like full broadsheet size or zine size? - and how many pages of content do you think you'll have, given that size? - black and white, or color? - where will you get all your content? Designing puzzles, experiments etc seems like it would take a long time - do you recommend any printeries? - anywhere we can follow your progress? I'd be super excited to see a first mockup FWIW, as a web guy, I'm leaning towards designing my content in HTML + CSS and exporting to PDF at a certain page size, probably using playwright.

wwalker2112 3mo ago
I'm in the process of figuring out fulfillment and shipping right now. I just got some samples from https://www.newspaperclub.com/ https://www.newspaperclub.com/ and they were pretty impressive. My other option is a local printing shop in my town. I'm visiting them later this week so we will see. It will be in color. Broadsheet (350mmx500mm). 12 pages. Color. I've been designing puzzles, etc.. myself. Using claude and chatgpt to brainstorm fun games/expirements/etc... I don't have the site up yet. Waiting to get the first batch so I have some IRL images to add to the site.

bobnudd9 3mo ago

A great idea!

jt2190 3mo ago

These don’t already exist? https://cricketmedia.com/childrens-magazines https://cricketmedia.com/childrens-magazines https://rangerrick.org/ https://rangerrick.org/

moralestapia 3mo ago
Leave the guy alone. I wish there were 1,000s more of those!
Loughla 3mo ago
I wish ranger Rick existed for teens though. My kids loved that when they were smaller, but now we have to spend a shit ton of effort to find teen appropriate content of a similar nature (hah!).
wwalker2112 3mo ago
I was looking for a old school newspaper style that is focused on games, puzzles, math, and outdoor activities. At least that is what I'm going for.
renyicircle 3mo ago
Compared to the usual tools for the tools for the tools to help you program programming tools, this is a pretty good thing to have more of

ryanisnan 3mo ago

Amazing, do you have some example images of what the product looks like?